Microsoft/vscode

Support HISTTIMEFORMAT in bash shell integration

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#174,537 opened on Feb 16, 2023

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feature-requesthelp wantedterminal-shell-bash

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Description

Type: Bug

Use custom in .bashrc:

HISTTIMEFORMAT="[%F %T %z]: "

Use Run Recent Command

Expected command without time prefix

VS Code version: Code 1.75.0 (e2816fe719a4026ffa1ee0189dc89bdfdbafb164, 2023-02-01T15:29:17.766Z) OS version: Linux x64 5.10.76-gentoo-r1 Modes: Sandboxed: No

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Research direction
Investigate how HISTTIMEFORMAT affects the command history parsing in the bash shell integration, and modify the parsing logic to strip the timestamp prefix when retrieving commands for Run Recent Command.
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